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Originally Posted by KamperBob
Percentages can be tricky. It's all about context.
Cd1 = 0.3
Cd2 = 0.1
Cd1 is 300% *of* Cd2. [multiplicative]
Cd1 is 200% *larger* than Cd2. [additive]
Same for horsepower, and it doesn't change your bottom line as I said before.
(Call me a nit picker but an error of 100% seems hard to dismiss. I thought it was kind of humorous. I hoped you did too. If not, sorry.)
I wonder what my Cd is riding motorcycle...
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Bob,I see what you mean and it's not picking nits at all.
I think I've been stuck in 'multiplicative' mode.Once a value is in the calculator I just carry it through.Lazy huh?
Is '3X' a more accurate representation of the Cd comparison? Before we get too far into this it would be nice to have clarity.
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With respect to your bike,Hoerner posted Cd 0.90 for un-faired MCs.Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!